Luella Miner. [[11]]

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CONTENTS

[An Appreciation of Nellie N. Russell]
By Charles Frederic Goss, her pastor in Chicago. 		13
[Nellie N. Russell (Historical)] 16
[Miss Nellie N. Russell’s Unique Work]
An Appreciation—Mrs. Chauncey Goodrich. 		31
[Miss Russell’s Funeral Service] 41
[A Tartar Joan of Arc] 47
[A Daughter of the Orient] 52
[The Wild Goose and the Sparrow] 56
[A Chinese Hero]
Han Hsin. 		61
[A Chinese Tea-House Story]
Chi Hsiao Tang. 		71
[The Jade Treasure] 82
[Chinese Heroism] 88
[Literary Glory] 92
[How the Dog and Cat Came to Be Enemies] 98
[A Daughter of the Present] 106
[T’ang Sung’s Journey to Get the Buddhist Classics] 110
[A Story of Old China] 124
[Notes] 169

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AN APPRECIATION OF NELLIE N. RUSSELL

By Charles Frederic Goss,

Her Pastor in Chicago

It is common enough to find persons endowed with one, two, or even three of those four great elemental qualities out of which the noblest souls are made—an inviolable conscience, profound intellect, irresistible will, and illimitable affections. But to meet a man or woman having all is as moving as it is uncommon. Our Nellie Russell had all. For four years she was an inmate of our home and, during all her remarkable career as a missionary in China, we kept in the closest possible touch with her and her work. As a result of this intimate acquaintance we learned to look upon her as an unique and even wonderful woman. Life took hold of her with tremendous power and so did she of life. To see all things clearly, to feel her solemn responsibility to every soul that crossed her path, to act with decision and determination in every emergency, was as natural for her as to breathe. [[14]]Her great dark eyes were at some times like deep wells at the bottom of which truth lay, at others like stars emitting a tender light, and at others like hot coals flashing fires of generous and righteous wrath.